Gym machines that personal trainers never use and secretly think are useless
| # | Entity | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Squatting at a Smith Machine Instead of Free Weights | 80.2 |
| 2 | Abductor/Adductor Machine | 72.6 |
| 3 | Seated Ab-Crunch Machine | 43.4 |
| 4 | Seated Twisting Torso Machine | 38.7 |
| 5 | Seated Leg Extension Machine | 32.3 |
| 6 | Seated Chest Fly Machine | 29.6 |
| 7 | Leg Press Machine | 17.3 |
| 8 | Free-weight squats | 13.6 |
| 9 | Seated Chest Press Machine | 11.3 |
| 10 | Planks | 10.8 |
#1Smith machine#2Seated “ab crunch” machine#3Leg extension machine#4Abductor/adductor (inner/outer thigh) machines#5Pec deck / seated chest fly machine#6Rotary torso / trunk-rotation machine#7Hack squat machine / some plate-loaded squat machines
#1Abductor/Adductor Machines#2Seated Calf Raise Machine#3Smith Machine#4Pec Deck Machine#5Seated Chest Press Machine#6Leg Extension Machine#7Behind-the-Neck Pulldown#7Behind-the-Neck Press
#1Abductor/Adductor Machines#2Smith Machine#3Seated Chest Press Machine#4Leg Curl/Leg Extension Machines#5Cable Machines for Isolation#6Recumbent Bike#7Total Gym Machines#8Boshu Ball Machines
#1Smith Machine#2Leg Press#3Seated Calf-Raise Machine#4Abdominal Crunch Machine#5Hip-Abduction/Adduction Machines#6Cable “Pull-Down” Machines#7Pre-Programmed “One-Fit-All” Multi-Gyms
#1Smith Machine#2Seated Leg Extension/Curl Machines#3Abductor/Adductor Machines#4Pec Deck or Machine Chest Fly#5Behind-the-Neck Lat Pulldown or Press#6Leg Press Machine#7Elliptical
#1Smith Machine#2Seated Hip Abductor/Adductor#3Seated Torso Rotation Machine#4Leg Extension Machine#5Pec Dec#6Roman Chair/Captain’s Chair#7Assisted Pull-Up Machine
#1Leg Extension Machine#2Smith Machine#3Abdominal Crunch Machine#4Hip Abductor/Adductor Machines#5Leg Press
#1Ab Machine/Crunch Machine#2Seated Rotation Machine#3Adductor/Abductor Machines#4Seated Calf Raise Machine#5Smith Machine#6Vibrating Belt "Massagers"
#1Smith Machine#1free weight squats#1presses#2Seated Ab Machines#2Planks#2dead bugs#2pallof presses#3Inner/Outer Thigh Machines#3Squats#3lunges#3lateral movements#4Seated Chest Press Machine#4Dumbbell bench press#4barbell bench press#5Behind-the-Neck Lat Pulldown+2 more
#1Seated “torso twist” / rotary core machines#2Hip adductor/abductor machines#3Smith machine#4Seated crunch machines#5Leg extension#6Inner/outer thigh” + “glute kickback” machines